Re: pgsql: Fix our Windows stat() emulation to handle file sizes > 4GB.

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Fix our Windows stat() emulation to handle file sizes > 4GB.
Date: 2024-11-10 07:12:19
Message-ID: CAD5tBcKnE3C1hycBYZYtYpNssQR_e+u2=CmDhGRFvDMEg3onRg@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Nov 9, 2024 at 11:20 AM Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 9, 2024 at 9:30 AM Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
> > My impression was that this was something we just didn't get around to.
> I wouldn't have pushed these so close to release if this hadn't been code
> already tested for a long time in release 16+. Maybe we missed something,
> but I doubt it.
>
> c5cb8f3b did have a couple more follow-ups: 4517358e and f71007fb.
> These fixed initdb when run under a junction point:
>
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/4590c37927d7b8ee84f9855d83229018%40postgrespro.ru

Oh, ouch. I guess it's too late to add those for this release. Still, an
initdb failure is not as bad as a pg_rewind failure, IMNSHO.

cheers

andrew

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